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Holy Family Catholic Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 209Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • 136062URN

Upper Essex Street, Liverpool, L8 6QB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
0.5 below Liverpool median (1.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Liverpool

28 applications for 26 places · 103rd of 104 in Liverpool
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
62%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 10 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 21 June 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Liverpool median (1.6) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

28 applications · 26 places offered · 21 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  2. 2025 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.5; Liverpool median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  5. 2022 0.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.6
  8. 2019 1.1; Liverpool median median 1.5
  9. 2018 1.3; Liverpool median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.2; Liverpool median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Liverpool median median 1.6
  13. 2014 0.9; Liverpool median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Liverpool median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Liverpool median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202626281.1210.81
Sep 202525311.2190.76
Sep 202421311.5190.90
Sep 202319201.1140.74
Sep 202224220.9130.54
Sep 202126281.1180.69
Sep 202021221.1170.81
Sep 201921221.1150.71
Sep 201823291.3210.91
Sep 201729401.4260.90
Sep 201644511.2360.82
Sep 201528391.4260.93
Sep 201443380.9220.51

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 66% · Maths 69% → all three 62% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard62%48th of 103 in Liverpool
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth14%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Liverpool median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2562%7%105104
2023/2458%8%104102
2022/2352%2%105103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
136062 · 341/2176
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
236 pupils · 209 on roll
Free school meals
63.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
31 August 2010
Address
Upper Essex Street, Liverpool, L8 6QB
Local authority
Liverpool

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources